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Topic: Exporting from sketchup

Hello, I made a small bracket in sketchup with specific dimensions.  When I export to stl and look at it in replicatorg to rotate it, it is the tiniest thing ever.  My dimensions are in inches and I have tried exporting with that and feet.  What can I do to get it right?

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2 Reply by Merko (edited by Merko 2012-11-10 19:50:31)

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

You need to export it using "Millimeter".

http://merko.name/i/yplyyf.jpg
http://merko.name/i/pjfgpn.jpg

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

Ahh Genius.....Cheers!

4 Reply by WhiteStar01 (edited by WhiteStar01 2012-11-10 23:29:44)

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

Nice.  I've found that I run into a few issues here and there when getting a Sketchup model to print.  I made a video on what works for me (no fancy repairs etc).  This is handy when the model is quite small- such as the example in the video.  The basics I've found best for me:

Export from Sketchup as .obj
Use Meshlab to convert to .stl
Fix .stl in Netfab
Slice and print.


http://youtu.be/b-PVl5lUUeM

Cheers

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

Most of the time, I have no problem exporting the STL directly from Sketchup, so long as all of the visible surfaces are white, not dark

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

I have also had a problem with making circles in sketchup, they come out the right size but with very noticeable lines to make the circle shape if you get me, its not a smooth circular shape I was expecting.... any thoughts?

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

You can also scale by 25.4 in the object placement window of Repetier

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Re: Exporting from sketchup

adamp wrote:

I have also had a problem with making circles in sketchup, they come out the right size but with very noticeable lines to make the circle shape if you get me, its not a smooth circular shape I was expecting.... any thoughts?

Immediately after you make the circle, type in a number followed by 's' to set the sides. '50s' makes a 50 sided circle, which is smooth. The default is about half of this.

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